oversteken

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Dutch

Etymology

Compound of over +‎ steken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈoː.vərˌsteː.kə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: over‧ste‧ken

Verb

oversteken

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to cross, to traverse
    We zijn om twaalf uur de straat overgestoken. — We crossed the street at 12 o'clock.

Conjugation

Conjugation of oversteken (strong class 4, separable)
infinitive oversteken
past singular stak over
past participle overgestoken
infinitive oversteken
gerund oversteken n
main clause subordinate clause
present tense past tense present tense past tense
1st person singular steek over stak over oversteek overstak
2nd person sing. (jij) steekt over, steek over2 stak over oversteekt overstak
2nd person sing. (u) steekt over stak over oversteekt overstak
2nd person sing. (gij) steekt over staakt over oversteekt overstaakt
3rd person singular steekt over stak over oversteekt overstak
plural steken over staken over oversteken overstaken
subjunctive sing.1 steke over stake over oversteke overstake
subjunctive plur.1 steken over staken over oversteken overstaken
imperative sing. steek over
imperative plur.1 steekt over
participles overstekend overgestoken
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

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